“Chaos in the Restroom: The Shocking Confrontation That Left a Mom Reconsidering Her Outrage!”
The mom then pettily waited for the woman to come out and confronted her outside
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Moms should take their toddlers to the women’s restroom, and dads – to the men’s
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As evident from the comments below, many parents have faced the dilemma of which restroom they should choose when with their children. When the child is still a baby, it’s not as concerning, as many people still perceive them as almost genderless. But when the child is older, a toddler, is there actual etiquette to how parents should solve this dilemma?
Ultimately, experts say that parents should apply common sense here. Most people believe that the gender of the parent determines which restroom the parent and the child should use. Parenting and youth development expert Dr. Deborah Gilboa is of this opinion.
“Unless there’s a good reason to use the women’s room, stick to the men’s room,” Gilboa told Today about dads who aren’t sure whether they’re allowed to take their daughters into the men’s restroom with them. “They’re not going to get cooties.”
Brisbane-based parenting expert Dr. Justin Coulson agrees. He says a father taking his daughter into the ladies’ room might make a lot of women uncomfortable. “I don’t think it’s ever appropriate for an adult male to be taking his daughter to the female toilets so that she’s comfortable,” he told ABC Brisbane.
“Similarly it doesn’t seem appropriate that a woman would take her son into the male toilets,” he went on. “We have gendered toilets so that people feel safe, and that should be respected. I think that’s an appropriate social norm that we have.”
So, if the child is too young to go into the toilets by themselves, the parent should take them to the toilet of their gender. If the child can do their business on their own but are scared to go in by themselves, Coulson recommends approaching an adult who’s going in to escort the child in and out.
Gender-inclusive bathrooms would simplify the public restroom issue for many moms and dads
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